NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A longtime Bill de Blasio appointee is resigning.
Steve Banks, who initially joined the de Blasio administration as commissioner of the Human Assets Administration in 2014 and went on to guide the Division of Homeless Providers as a part of the joint administration construction referred to as the Division of Social Providers, is resigning.
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Banks, who labored with the Authorized Help Society previous to his appointment, goes to affix Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as particular counsel for the agency’s professional bono apply.
Banks will step down as commissioner on the finish of the de Blasio administration on Dec. 31.
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“For the previous eight years, Commissioner Steve Banks has been a fearless advocate for probably the most weak New Yorkers,” stated Mayor Invoice de Blasio. “From implementing the first-in-the-nation Proper to Counsel Program, to making sure companies are available to these in want, Steve has delivered transformative change, shifting mountains to make life higher for tens of millions of New Yorkers. His unwavering dedication to serving probably the most deprived and constructing a fairer metropolis makes him the proper selection to affix Paul, Weiss to supply professional bono authorized assist.”
“Steve Banks is a talented and achieved public servant, who has navigated complicated authorities issues to seek out important options on behalf of New Yorkers,” stated Mayor-elect Eric Adams. “I want him nicely in his new endeavor.”
“That is a rare alternative to function Particular Counsel at Paul, Weiss, a agency with a storied historical past of public service and professional bono management,” Banks stated.
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